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A Museum, A Community, A Festival

Liz Neumark | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: East Harlem, NYC Department of Health, New York City Housing Authority, El Museo Del Barrio, Upper East Side, Spanish Harlem, Museums, Food Desert, Hispanics, Julian Zugazagoitia, New York News
Liz Neumark

How interesting to embark on a project developing the menu for a museum whose surrounding neighborhood -- El Barrio -- has been described as a food desert.

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McDonald's At Louvre: Coming Soon!

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: France, Louvre, Hamburgers, Louvre-Museum, Museums, Burgers, McDonald's, Paris-France, Paris, Louvre Museum, Mcdonalds, World News

PARIS — French culture and American convenience will come together in December – thanks to plans by the McDonald's restaurant chain to han...

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afrika Bambaataa, Tommy Boy Records, Rapper's Delight, Spray Paint, Urban Culture, South Bronx, Salt -N- Pepa, Female Rappers, Music, Mc's, 1970's, Spinderella, Angie Stone, Planet Rock, Aerosol Paint, Africa, Graffiti, Soul Music, Martial Arts, African-American, Women, Sugar Hill Gang, Rap, Brazil, Sugar Hill Records, Hip-Hop, Mc Lyte, Jazzy Joyce, Dancing, 1981, Microphone, Breakdancing, Soul Sonic Force, Capoiera, Dj, The Sequence, 1979, Monica Lynch, Sylvia Robinson, Turntables, Costumes, Black Women, Clothing, Harris Publications, Whitney Museum of Art, Business, Vh1, Stylist, Hip Hop Records, The Oscars, Photographers, Spotlight, Image Makers, Editors, DJ Beverly Bond, Publicist, Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Music Careers, Queen Latifah, Bet, Hip-Hop Films, Fox Network, Denise Dee Barnes, Wendy Williams, Female Graffiti Artists, Fetish, Art, Mtv, Choreographers, Subways, Living Single, Pump It Up!, Hot 97, Multi-Tasking, The Source Magazine, The Wendy Williams Show, Photography, Guidence, Murals, Mentoring, 1990's, Cover Girl, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Flip Mode Squad, Images, Apparel, Wild Style, Lady Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Eve, New York City, Music Videos, Dancers, Black Girls Rock Inc!, XXL Magazine, Costume Design, Entrepreneurers, Vibe Magazine, Art Museums, Viacom, June Ambrose, Leadership, Alumni, Jennifer Lopez, Elements, Michelle Spaise, Minneapolis, TV Shows, Curator, J-Lo, Exhibitions, Rosie Perez, Making the Band, Future, Past, B-Girl Be, Living Color, Festivals, B-Girl, Painting, Tv, Fly Girls, Unleash, Theresa Sweetland, Politics, Video, Political Activism, Female Artists, Art Festival, Laurie Ann Gibson, Education, Tv Sitcoms, Spike Lee, Midwest, Deanna Cummings, Minnesota, Expression, Mama, Television, Activism, Mama Said Knock U Out, Brewing, Do the Right Thing, Concerts, Lauri Lyons, Social Activism, Visual Art, Women in Hip-Hop, Mother, Communication, Intermedia Arts, Sculpture, Commissions, faith47, Sound, Cinema, Music Downloads, Arts Education, Installations, Mixed Media, Art Commistions, Roxanne Shante, Martha Cooper, Marketplace, Fashion, Museums, Art World, Block Parties, Albums, Textiles, October, Youth, Film, Streets, Records, September, Girls, Youth Programs, Cd's, Recording Technology, History, Technology, College, Balls, Music History, Belle, Music School, Universities, Money, Comeback, Scholarship, Undergraduate, School, Diploma, Language, Hip-Hop Studies, Fellowship, Mcnally Smith School of Music, Recording, Music Business, Author, Fab Five Freddie, Flag International, Video Music Box, Yo! Mtv Raps, Flag an American Story, The Bridge, Ralph Mcdaniels, Vinyl Records, Prince, Juxtaposition Arts, Stefskills, Sarah White, Jennifer Rasinski, Corinne Santiago, C-Rocka, Keegan Xavi, Jessica Kitzman, Janelle Olson, Toofly, Tiffany Smith, Niz, Lichiban, Katrina Knutson, Jamel Shabbaz, Tamiko Mitchel, Erotica 67, Motel 7, Ladykfever, Monica Kelly, Amanda Lopez, Abeni Garrett, Desdamona, Catiesha Pierson, B-Fresh, Wendy Williams Show, Alice Mizrachi, Niz Graphics, Kanye West, Chanel Kennebrew, Shannon Joyce, Manifesto Festival, VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors, MTV VMA, Michaela Angela Davis, Essence Magazine, Dream Hampton, Amsterdam, London, South Africa, Charlie Ahearn, Henry Chalfant, Japan, Jamaica, Walker Art Center, Toronto, France, Cuba, In the Frame, Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design, Zimbabwe, Barcelona, Argentina, San Francisco, Represent Inc., International Center of Photography, Berlin, Germany, Belgium, Spraycan Art, James Prigoff, Puerto Rico, Powerhouse, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Norway, Paris, Star Tribune, Kulture Klub, Tokyo, Mexico City, Bronx, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Degree, Kimora Lee Simmon, Baby Phat, U.K., Russell Simmons, Phat Farm, Getty Images, Icp, Somalia, Somalis, Bling a Planet Rock, Raquel Cepeda, Entertainment News
Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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"Day at the Museum"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Earth, Humans, Ben Stiller, Humor, Museums, Birds, Movie, Dinosaurs, Mammals, Fossil, Living News
Jerry Zezima

I didn't spend a night at the museum for two good reasons: It closed at 5:45 p.m. and I am not, for better or for worse, Ben Stiller.

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Francis Bacon at the Met: A Postscript

Mark Mennin | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Francis Bacon, Artworld, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Museums, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon Abstract Expressionism, Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon at the Met, Abstract Expressionism, Edvard Munch, Graham Sutherland, Francis Bacon Exhibition, Francis Bacon Studies, Style News
Mark Mennin

The Francis Bacon show was a demonstration of how an already relevant painter can become even more relevant in the years following his death. This was a mega-show about a mega-life.

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Profundity at the MCA?

Paul Klein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Moca Constellations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Art, Moca Chicago, Museums, Artletter, Chicago News
Paul Klein

What we're seeing here is theoretically major. Chicago art holds its own against art of globally acknowledged stature. Is this the opening salvo in the War to End Cookie-Cutter Museums?

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The Art of Back-Scratching

Michael Gross | Posted 08.31.2009 | New York

Read More: The Met, Thomas Campell, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museums, New York News
Michael Gross

It's been almost eleven months since the Metropolitan Museum named Thomas Campbell its new director. His choice of where to give interviews sends a strong message: the museum is only interested in publicity it can control.

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John Lennon Exhibit in New York

Reyne Haines | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Beatles, John Lennon, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Museums, Collecting, Entertainment News
Reyne Haines

Recently, a new exhibit -- "John Lennon: The New York City Years" -- opened at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New York City.

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New York: The Epic Origins

Allison Rockefeller | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Rockefeller, Museums, New York City, New York-New York, New York News
Allison Rockefeller

In New York it's always about us, what happened right here, clearly the center of the universe even 400 years ago!

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If We Ask Nicely, Can We Have Our Marbles Back?

Eleni Gage | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Britain, Acropolis, Greece, Art History, New-Acropolis-Museum, Athens, Parthenon, Museums, Imperialism, World News
Eleni Gage

The Greeks have been tripping all over themselves trying to be uncharacteristically polite, lest anyone think them rude because the New Acropolis Museum is also a reproach to the British Museum.

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Frick's Basement Holds Hidden Treasure: Century-Old Bowling Alley

New York Times | Alan Feuer | Posted 07.11.2009 | Local

Read More: Frick, Art, Frick Collection, New York Museums, Museums, New York City, New York, Local News

"It's one of those hidden places in New York, now isn't it?" says Colin Bailey, the museum's chief curator. After welcoming you in, Mr. Bailey will go...

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The Art Institute's New Modern Wing Shines

Paul Klein | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Art Exhibits, Art, Museums, Modern Wing Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Wing, Albert Oehlen, Chicago News
Paul Klein

I felt like a tourist dropped in an unknown, thoughtful, considered, glorious, confident, consummate museum. And then I looked out the window. I was at home.

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Escape From Banality: A Cultural Road Map For Our Children

John Farr | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Literature, Internet, Art, Children, Museums, Theatre, You Tube, Pop Culture, Film, Teaching, Technology, Music, Reading, Culture, Living News
John Farr

Tell me if you agree with the following assessment of contemporary life, and if you do concur, then let me know why you're not scared, or angry.

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Museums' "Suggested Donations" Don't Matter Much In This Economy

New York Post | Kelly Magee and Jeremy Olshan | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Museums Suggested Donations, Suggested Donations Museums, Museums, Business News

In a tough economy, New York museum-goers are less open to "suggestion." Rather than pay the full $20, recommended admission price to the Metropoli...

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Pennsylvania Avenue: Take 2

Mary Lou Song | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Newseum, Purple Inauguration Tickets, Inauguration, Journalists, White House, Newspapers, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Donald Brasco, Timothy McVeigh, Washington DC, Media, Journalism, Tim Russert, Unabomber, Obama White House, Museums, Berlin Wall, Frederick Douglass, Twin Towers, Patty Hearst, Media News
Mary Lou Song

I almost had to remind myself to breathe inside the Newseum. There was Patty Hearst's gun and jacket. Donald Brasco's watch and Amex Card. A press pass to Timothy McVeigh's execution.

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Out of the Ordinary

Suzanne Deal Booth | Posted 02.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art, Lacma, Museums, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Painting, Los Angeles, Style News
Suzanne Deal Booth

it's not surprising that LACMA has come so far. Its director, Michael Govan has transformed the institution he once called a "sleeping giant." The evolution started where it should, with the art.

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How President Obama Can Find a 21st Century Agenda in a 19th Century Painting

Louise Mirrer | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lincoln, Thomas Hill, Art, American History, Art History, Museums, Inauguration, President Obama, Obama, Westward Expansion, New York Historical Society, Politics News
Louise Mirrer

But what does "American greatness" require of us? View of the Yosemite Valley offers at least two answers.

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Mute Impressions at the Art Institute

Mike Doyle | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Museums, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Museums, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Art Exhibits, Art Institute, Chicago Museum Wall Cards, Museum Displays, Chicago Museum Exhibits, Museum Education, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

Throwing poorly labeled exhibits before Chicago audiences seems to be an epidemic among Windy City museums.

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Why Art Matters

Mary Boone | Posted 01.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Art, Artwork, Paintings, Works of Art, Public Art, Museums, Sculpture, Painting, Arts Education, Style News
Mary Boone

Art matters because looking at a beautiful painting or sculpture gives us an experience that nothing else can.

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Washington's "Newseum": The Media Gives Itself a Big, Wet, Sloppy Kiss

Nathan Robinson | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Arrogance, Mainstream Media, New York Times Self-Perception, Grey Lady, Fourth Estate, H.L. Mencken, Museums, Newseum, New York Times, Washington DC, Media News
Nathan Robinson

The Newseum is a mammoth structure, and it does a fairly good job of illustrating just why mainstream media is such a letdown, even if it does so unintentionally.

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